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Koo Nimo is a full time income star from Ghana, using multiple types of traditional music, in addition to songs, informed by American affects. Nimo (also called Daniel Amponsah, from his times in London) was raised within the royal category of Ghana (his sister wedded the ruler), where he discovered …

Given birth to the nephew from the seminal Ghanaian musician Sam, Kwame Asare (author of the vintage track “Yaa Amponsah,” which would end up being the anthem of acoustic guitar highlife and palmwine acoustic guitar) discovered the two-finger finding varieties of his uncle and took these to heart to be …

A multicultural cooperation between Nigerian and American music artists, Kotoja is led by award-winning bassist, vocalist, and composer Ken Okulolo. Located in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Aarea, the 14-piece group produces an uplifting audio rooted in Western world African highlife, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, spirit music, and tempo & blues. …

Shaped in Guinea in 1964, the initial seven-piece line-up of the government-sponsored group got previously been section of a 25-part ensemble that put into two teams (another getting Keletigue And His Tambourinis). Led by trumpeter Balla Onivogui, the group also highlighted trombonist/saxophonist Pivi Moriba (Onivogui and Moriba had been both …

Benson and his Combo, that was an eleven-piece-band, started their music profession in the ’50s. Within 2 decades Benson AS WELL AS THE Combo had many strikes, including “Taxi cab Drivers” and “Independence, Yes Sir.” In 1960, Benson became the chief executive from the Nigerian Union of Music artists and …

White colored Magic guitarist Sleepy Doug Shaw shaped experimental/indie/Afro-pop outfit Highlife in the past due 2000s. The London-born, NY City-based multi-instrumentalist documented an EP by using likeminded associates of Gang Gang Dance and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti aswell as Light Magic’s Mira Billotte, who offered history vocals. Highlife backed Animal …